The 2025 season finale of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic on May 30 will mark a significant artistic moment with the world premiere of the Non-Academic Overture by Agata Zubel. Born in Wrocław, composer Agata Zubel returns to her hometown with a new composition commissioned by the National Forum of Music as part of the “Composers’…Continue Reading Zubel’s “Non-Academic Overture” Premieres in Wroclaw
The Monster’s Voice is a new opera with music by renowned composer Alek Nowak and acclaimed librettist Robert Bolesto, and staged by visionary film director Agnieszka Smoczyńska. Premiering on June 27 and 28 at Aula Artis in Poznań during the Malta Festival, this original production fuses myth with contemporary reality, exploring themes of identity, alienation,…Continue Reading Opera Premiere of “The Monster’s Voice” by Alek Nowak
On April 11 in Italy, the one-act opera Jezioro Popiołów [Lake of Ashes] by Beniamin Baczewski (b. 1991) will had its world premiere. The opera was created as part of the “Project Butterfly“ International Composition Competition, a collaboration between three European institutions: the Teatro Comunale di Modena (Italy), Opera Box in Helsinki (Finland), and the Baltic Opera…Continue Reading Premiere of One-Act Opera Celebrating Sustainability by Baczewski
The Krakow International Festival of Composers has long been a vital platform for showcasing contemporary music, both from Poland and abroad. As it enters its 37th edition this May, the festival continues its legacy of commissioning, supporting, and celebrating new music with an impressive lineup of thirty-one world premieres. Held annually since 1989, this Festival…Continue Reading World Premieres at the 2025 Krakow Int’l Festival of Composers
On April 15, 2025, LA-based pianist Aron Kallay will perform a concert titled Friends and Family. The program of the event is centered around two new commissions written in memory of loved ones. Among them is Capriccio notturno (2025) by PMC director Marek Zebrowski, composed in honor of Kallay’s grandmother, Cecilia Viola Kallay. The piece…Continue Reading Zebrowski Premiere at Kallay’s Los Angeles Concert
At the end of March, audiences will hear the premiere of a work that was created 90 years ago by Józef Koffler, Poland’s first dodecophonist composer whose life and career were cut short by the Nazis. Details of Koffler’s largely unknown oeuvre are richly discussed in the PMC’s Polish Music History Series No. 8, Józef…Continue Reading Premiere of Lost Work by Koffler: String Qtet Op. 20
On February 13, new music enthusiasts in the Pacific Northwest will have the opportunity to attend a concert showcasing contemporary compositions, with a special focus on electroacoustic music. The event will take place at 8:00 p.m. at the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA. This concert will feature three pieces by Polish composers…Continue Reading Polish Composers in a Seattle Electroacoustic Concert
The 6th edition of the Art Mintaka Festival takes place on December 6 – 8 at the MOB District Museum in Bydgoszcz [Muzeum Okręgowe MOB]. The Festival’s three evenings of exceptional performances by leading Polish contemporary musicians and composers features several world premieres of chamber works commissioned by the Festival. Festival Program Friday, December 6,…Continue Reading Premieres by Krauze, Wnuk-Nazarowa, Błażejczyk and Gorzycki in Bydgoszcz
Our good colleagues at the Association of Polish Chamber Musicians (SPMK) and the Villa Decius in Kraków are collaborating on the series “Summer Concerts of the Piano Cooperative,” which will take place on Sundays in June (23rd) and August (11th and 25th). The programs of these free concerts celebrate composers’ anniversaries as well as world…Continue Reading Mołodyńska-Wheeler Premiere & Other SPMK Concerts at Villa Decius
On June 24, the 48th J. K. Mertz Guitar Festival in Bratislava brought us world premieres of music written for classical guitar by renowned Polish and Slovak composers. The concert featured a combination of guitar, flute, and string quartet. Polish guitarists Marek Nosal and Jakub Moroźiński performed on stage with musicians from Slovakia—Ondrej Veselý (guitar),…Continue Reading World Premieres of Guitar Music in Bratislava